I hate to do this, but I've been kind of forced. A couple of things first for the record: I don't judge people for their beliefs, I'm just putting on perspective why I don't agree with some things, including the origin of this blog. I know I'm going to rub the wrong way some of you, but don't take it personal, this is simply a response to some of my friends that still don't understand why I'm the way I am, and for those who kindly read, simply enjoy a little of history. Well, here it comes:
I've been seeing a lot of wagging fingers reminding us at every opportunity to remember the "Reason for the Season," and inevitably, these folks are referring to Jesus. The truth is, not very many of the traditions associated with Christmas are Christian- or have anything to do with the birth of Jesus. The world's oldest and most universally popular holiday celebration has always centered around the winter solstice- marked by the ancients as the birthday of the sun- after which the days get progressively longer, warmer, and more temperate. In cold climates, this celebration was a very welcome break from the monotony of cramped quarters, lean meals, and frayed nerves. In ancient Rome, the largest Solstice holiday was the Saturnalia, in honor of the harvest god Saturn. Not many people today have heard of Saturnalia, or know that most of our popular holiday customs are directly descended from the ancient holiday season.
Saturnalia was a big holiday- businesses and courts closed for days. The halls were decked with holly branches and evergreen wreaths. People visited family and attended lavish banquets and holiday parties. Gifts of silver, candles, figurines, and sweets (often tied to evergreen wreaths) were exchanged; sounds familiar?. It was also customary to light candles and roam the streets singing holiday songs (albeit often in the nude).
Even the "Christmas Tree" was a common sight.
So how did a raucous Pagan celebration become associated with Christianity? Very intentionally (John Chrysostom, a fourth century Bishop, wrote: "On this day also the Birthday of Christ was lately fixed at Rome in order that while the heathen were busy with their profane ceremonies, the Christians might perform their sacred rites undisturbed. They call this (December 25th), the Birthday of the Invincible One (Mithras); but who is so invincible as the Lord? They call it the Birthday of the Solar Disk, but Christ is the Sun of Righteousness.)
At the time the date of Jesus birth was officially assigned as Christ's birthday, Rome was pretty thoroughly Christianized, but the former pagans were more reluctant to give up the holiday than they were their gods. After brushing aside inconvenient facts (such as the bible's own accounts placing the birth of Jesus in the spring), the names were changed- but the holiday remained the same. Elements of popular Pagan nativities were borrowed to create a backstory fit for the new god, from the heralding star to the shepherds visiting the newborn in his cave. (more information about this "borrow thing" upon request). Before that time, Christians had one holiday- Easter-and no reason to celebrate the birth of their god, a very pagan tradition (indeed, a number of nativities were celebrated at Christmas-time, including that of Mithras, known throughout the empire as 'the light of the world,' and the nativity of Sol Invictus, the birthday of the sun) Before then, Christians avoided any birthday celebrations as inappropriately pagan. So, the next time you're quizzed over the "reason for the season," just toss off a "Saturnalia" and leave them scratching their heads.
I'm done, gotta do some christmas shopping....
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Who cares?
Yes, there has been a lot of buzz in Washington D.C., about the use and abuse of anabolic steroids in sports, particularly in baseball. It's funny but lately I've been thinking about it and I have different thoughts about that topic.
Fist of all, what is a baseball player? To me, a professional "game" player. I know, that sounded a little ironic but, we have to admit it, despite all the glory and all the money, those guys (not only baseball but every mayor sport player) are no more than talented people (at least physically), trained to do what they want to do, play games and getting paid for that. Until there, everything's alright. The problem comes when this society (on purpose, by the way) prentends to make them heroes, for our kids, four our youths, and a few adults that can't proccess the difference between a real hero and a guy with a stick in his hand trying to hit a leather ball.
If those guys do their job in a prefessional manner, if they do it with the neccessary ethics to keep going without hurting anyone, perfect. To me the problem is us, the parents that impose their kids, one way or another, the neccessity to see those guys as heroes, even motivating them to become one of them, not because the virtues of the sports and physical activities in general, but for what it "means" in terms of money, glory and misunderstood leadership, to be a professional sports-man. Same thing happens with the so called "artists", but that's another blog, promise.
Ladys and gentlemen, if baseball players use performing drugs (and sometimes recreational drugs, too) in order to "perform" better in their professional activities, who cares? Let them do with their bodies and spirits whatever they want, they're adults and should know what their doing. But "Society", please don't try to impose those guys as role-models, because they are not. What about teachers? what about scientists, what about real artists? Aren't they more suit to become sombody's heros? To me, a kindergarten or elementary teacher is a real hero, a man or woman dealing with our kids and trying to educate them in the most critical stage of our lives, which is the childhood, that is heroic (not to mention the money those poor guys make). A scientist hidden in the laboratory for long days, weeks, months, years, trying to find a cure for a given disease or a vaccine for some virus, isn't that a motif to make him/her a hero? A writer, a musician, or any artist (the real ones!) working their art and craft alone, dedicated, in order to deliver all the emotional charge we feel when we hear a very nice piece of music or read a good novel or see a moving painting, what about them?
Just a final thought, we have to start thinking the right way, stop the blind race the establishment wants us to follow for their benefit. As simple as to contemplate, draw conclusions and take actions.
Fist of all, what is a baseball player? To me, a professional "game" player. I know, that sounded a little ironic but, we have to admit it, despite all the glory and all the money, those guys (not only baseball but every mayor sport player) are no more than talented people (at least physically), trained to do what they want to do, play games and getting paid for that. Until there, everything's alright. The problem comes when this society (on purpose, by the way) prentends to make them heroes, for our kids, four our youths, and a few adults that can't proccess the difference between a real hero and a guy with a stick in his hand trying to hit a leather ball.
If those guys do their job in a prefessional manner, if they do it with the neccessary ethics to keep going without hurting anyone, perfect. To me the problem is us, the parents that impose their kids, one way or another, the neccessity to see those guys as heroes, even motivating them to become one of them, not because the virtues of the sports and physical activities in general, but for what it "means" in terms of money, glory and misunderstood leadership, to be a professional sports-man. Same thing happens with the so called "artists", but that's another blog, promise.
Ladys and gentlemen, if baseball players use performing drugs (and sometimes recreational drugs, too) in order to "perform" better in their professional activities, who cares? Let them do with their bodies and spirits whatever they want, they're adults and should know what their doing. But "Society", please don't try to impose those guys as role-models, because they are not. What about teachers? what about scientists, what about real artists? Aren't they more suit to become sombody's heros? To me, a kindergarten or elementary teacher is a real hero, a man or woman dealing with our kids and trying to educate them in the most critical stage of our lives, which is the childhood, that is heroic (not to mention the money those poor guys make). A scientist hidden in the laboratory for long days, weeks, months, years, trying to find a cure for a given disease or a vaccine for some virus, isn't that a motif to make him/her a hero? A writer, a musician, or any artist (the real ones!) working their art and craft alone, dedicated, in order to deliver all the emotional charge we feel when we hear a very nice piece of music or read a good novel or see a moving painting, what about them?
Just a final thought, we have to start thinking the right way, stop the blind race the establishment wants us to follow for their benefit. As simple as to contemplate, draw conclusions and take actions.
Paris, but not the city.
Let's start this blog being as honest as I can be. There are two women that I really don't like at all, to use a euphemism. I don't want to say I hate them, because we know all the implications that word carries on with it, though I'm very close to that. One of them is Ashlee Simpson, and don't expect to read something about it, simply because I think she doesn't deserve more than two letters placed together in a sentence and given that, there are very few words with that configuration, thus, no comments. The other is Paris Hilton, and it's not she deserves my attention in any way, not at all; the thing is that maybe, she is more detestable than the other.
Who is Paris Hilton? What does she do for a living? What has she accomplished in life? Well, if we know something about the world that surround us, we all agree that Paris Hilton is no more than a human-parasite, meaning: she is a heiress of a family who owns a large hotel chain. She does for a living....well, just that, live, and in a very erratic way, just spending her fortune (she did nothing to earn it, by the way), drunk drive, go partying all nights with a bunch of "great and amazing" friends (Britney, Lindsay, Nicole), Ah! almost forgot, video-tape herself having sex with her partner at the time to upload the absurd and idiotic video to the internet. That is, in a nutshell, her life on this planet. Pretty intense, huh?
Now, what's wrong with that? Why the media (back to the media...) keeps trying to make us "eat" Paris Hilton everyday of our lives? because someone's trying to impose Paris Hilton as a role model for our kids, because some powerful CEO from "who-knows-what-corporation" wants to keep the general people from having critical thinking and therefore, promote the idea that "being" Paris Hilton is cool.
Well, I'm going to tell you, ladys, what I think is cool:
First of all, the most sexy and important asset a woman can have is her mind; thus, if some woman out there has a thinking habit, that's more than enough to conquer the world. Why? Because only through thinking, a woman can develop all she is capable of, and that is way more than showing her privates parts online, indiscriminately spending money all over the world and doing nothing with her life.
A woman is the chosen one to be the bearer of life. Hello? Women not only create life (with a little help, of course), but they have their babies inside of them, literally; can something be more magical, incredible, fantastic and beautiful than that? A woman can be whatever she wants, women has determination, sense of humor, they're intelligent, smart, can help with anything, can deal with a lot of things at the same time, women are always beautiful, no matter what. So, why do someone has to believe Paris Hilton is something to be followed? I'm sorry Paris, nothing personal, far from that; as a matter of fact, I can recommend you a couple of books that may help you get back on track with your life and don't keep letting your own gender down.
Women, be great, that's all you need to have in your minds and don't let the "Establishment" manipulate your most valuable asset: your thinking. You deserve the best and with a little effort and a smile, you already know that you can accomplish anything you want.
Who is Paris Hilton? What does she do for a living? What has she accomplished in life? Well, if we know something about the world that surround us, we all agree that Paris Hilton is no more than a human-parasite, meaning: she is a heiress of a family who owns a large hotel chain. She does for a living....well, just that, live, and in a very erratic way, just spending her fortune (she did nothing to earn it, by the way), drunk drive, go partying all nights with a bunch of "great and amazing" friends (Britney, Lindsay, Nicole), Ah! almost forgot, video-tape herself having sex with her partner at the time to upload the absurd and idiotic video to the internet. That is, in a nutshell, her life on this planet. Pretty intense, huh?
Now, what's wrong with that? Why the media (back to the media...) keeps trying to make us "eat" Paris Hilton everyday of our lives? because someone's trying to impose Paris Hilton as a role model for our kids, because some powerful CEO from "who-knows-what-corporation" wants to keep the general people from having critical thinking and therefore, promote the idea that "being" Paris Hilton is cool.
Well, I'm going to tell you, ladys, what I think is cool:
First of all, the most sexy and important asset a woman can have is her mind; thus, if some woman out there has a thinking habit, that's more than enough to conquer the world. Why? Because only through thinking, a woman can develop all she is capable of, and that is way more than showing her privates parts online, indiscriminately spending money all over the world and doing nothing with her life.
A woman is the chosen one to be the bearer of life. Hello? Women not only create life (with a little help, of course), but they have their babies inside of them, literally; can something be more magical, incredible, fantastic and beautiful than that? A woman can be whatever she wants, women has determination, sense of humor, they're intelligent, smart, can help with anything, can deal with a lot of things at the same time, women are always beautiful, no matter what. So, why do someone has to believe Paris Hilton is something to be followed? I'm sorry Paris, nothing personal, far from that; as a matter of fact, I can recommend you a couple of books that may help you get back on track with your life and don't keep letting your own gender down.
Women, be great, that's all you need to have in your minds and don't let the "Establishment" manipulate your most valuable asset: your thinking. You deserve the best and with a little effort and a smile, you already know that you can accomplish anything you want.
Yeah, right!
What's going on with this world? Or should I ask, What's going on with this country? Or better yet, What's going on with this administration? There you go, I think the last question is the right one.
This government since ancient times has been very fond to "create" false accusations in order to justify military actions. These false accusations range from statements, to fake documents to support those lies. It's been always like that, at least since the last couple of centuries; and from that time on, what we call "modern times", I'm going to develop my analysis.
I'm going to give you some examples to illustrate the point:
1.- Pearl Harbor. This attack on december 7, 1941, was the trigger for USA to get involved in World War 2. Even though Hitler was destroying Europe, people were dying by the millions and the whole world was crying out for help, USA didn't move a muscle until, it was touched in its own soil by the "Axis of evil" (By the way, term coinned in that time. Coincidence or deliberate inversed analogy?) At this moment in time, we are not sure if the USA knew beforehand about the attack and didn't do anything in order to have a solid motif to get involved in the war. Or, if it was a meneauver from the Jews to implement a "False Flag" and involved a third-party, knowing that the outcome would be the eventual and utter destruction of Hitler, the Third Reich and everything involved with it. One way or another, there are overwhelming evidence that USA knew about the attack way before it occurred, and if it's not true, the Pearl Harbor attack remains coverd by a dense layer of mystery and doubt.
2.- Korean War. Supposedly, the conflict started thanks to an alleged move of North Korean troops, three miles into South Korea territory and, it happened to be a reaction for a first attack from South Korea days before. Same thing. Pretext, false information to deceive the public and therefore military action was the response.
3.- Vietman War. Should I say same thing again? August 4, 1964, the famous and infamous alleged second attack of the Golf of Tunkin incident. False by all means but, the result was an intervention, a full-scale war (with no declaration of war, by the way) against Vietnam, for about ten years and not only we lost the war, but the toll paid in human resources was of 58,000 americans in body bags and about four million in Southeast Asia.
4.- The so-called War on Terror. Yeah right! I don't want to stress the evidence pointing out the facts that support the "Inside Job" concept in this one. Just take a look at the documentary "Loose Change Final Cut" and do the math. If it was a "False Flag" operation, it was arguably masterfully executed; if not, a dense layer of doubt and unanswered questions remained from that event anyway.
And now, last but not least, the crazy, immoral and suicidal plan of a bunch of crazy politicians to invade Iran. Thank God there are a lot of forces against such a non-sense. However, wouldn't be a normal procedure for this government, as usual, to "invent" or "create" a false scenario in order to justify an attack to other country? Let's face it, my dear friends, USA has done it before, repeatedly; so why don't do it again, if that technique has given results all the time?
That's why I don't believe in that laughable footage of the iranian boats, threatening the american ship. C'mon, with that fake robotic voice and that video quality typical of video games from the 80's and no coherence at all in all the story. Iran already has said the video was fabricated (you don't have to be a rocket scientist to see the poor staged boat show). Obviously, the american government discredited the words of the iranian government. At the end, it doesn't matter, what really matters is to ingrain in the collective psyque, the "fake reality" and justify an attack. After that, it doesn't matter anymore, once the troops are inside the "enemy" nation, there's no turning back; at least, that's the example given in Irak and other countries.
We have to think, we need to develop and practice our critical thinking and don't allow the Establishment treat us like little children, to accomplish their selfish plans. We have to dig deeper into the reality that surrounds us and draw conclusions in the most accurate way.
Love to all and freedom of speech.
This government since ancient times has been very fond to "create" false accusations in order to justify military actions. These false accusations range from statements, to fake documents to support those lies. It's been always like that, at least since the last couple of centuries; and from that time on, what we call "modern times", I'm going to develop my analysis.
I'm going to give you some examples to illustrate the point:
1.- Pearl Harbor. This attack on december 7, 1941, was the trigger for USA to get involved in World War 2. Even though Hitler was destroying Europe, people were dying by the millions and the whole world was crying out for help, USA didn't move a muscle until, it was touched in its own soil by the "Axis of evil" (By the way, term coinned in that time. Coincidence or deliberate inversed analogy?) At this moment in time, we are not sure if the USA knew beforehand about the attack and didn't do anything in order to have a solid motif to get involved in the war. Or, if it was a meneauver from the Jews to implement a "False Flag" and involved a third-party, knowing that the outcome would be the eventual and utter destruction of Hitler, the Third Reich and everything involved with it. One way or another, there are overwhelming evidence that USA knew about the attack way before it occurred, and if it's not true, the Pearl Harbor attack remains coverd by a dense layer of mystery and doubt.
2.- Korean War. Supposedly, the conflict started thanks to an alleged move of North Korean troops, three miles into South Korea territory and, it happened to be a reaction for a first attack from South Korea days before. Same thing. Pretext, false information to deceive the public and therefore military action was the response.
3.- Vietman War. Should I say same thing again? August 4, 1964, the famous and infamous alleged second attack of the Golf of Tunkin incident. False by all means but, the result was an intervention, a full-scale war (with no declaration of war, by the way) against Vietnam, for about ten years and not only we lost the war, but the toll paid in human resources was of 58,000 americans in body bags and about four million in Southeast Asia.
4.- The so-called War on Terror. Yeah right! I don't want to stress the evidence pointing out the facts that support the "Inside Job" concept in this one. Just take a look at the documentary "Loose Change Final Cut" and do the math. If it was a "False Flag" operation, it was arguably masterfully executed; if not, a dense layer of doubt and unanswered questions remained from that event anyway.
And now, last but not least, the crazy, immoral and suicidal plan of a bunch of crazy politicians to invade Iran. Thank God there are a lot of forces against such a non-sense. However, wouldn't be a normal procedure for this government, as usual, to "invent" or "create" a false scenario in order to justify an attack to other country? Let's face it, my dear friends, USA has done it before, repeatedly; so why don't do it again, if that technique has given results all the time?
That's why I don't believe in that laughable footage of the iranian boats, threatening the american ship. C'mon, with that fake robotic voice and that video quality typical of video games from the 80's and no coherence at all in all the story. Iran already has said the video was fabricated (you don't have to be a rocket scientist to see the poor staged boat show). Obviously, the american government discredited the words of the iranian government. At the end, it doesn't matter, what really matters is to ingrain in the collective psyque, the "fake reality" and justify an attack. After that, it doesn't matter anymore, once the troops are inside the "enemy" nation, there's no turning back; at least, that's the example given in Irak and other countries.
We have to think, we need to develop and practice our critical thinking and don't allow the Establishment treat us like little children, to accomplish their selfish plans. We have to dig deeper into the reality that surrounds us and draw conclusions in the most accurate way.
Love to all and freedom of speech.
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